Improved music-stool and hack



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A. N. 'DOWN-E, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Pawn: No. 83,801,

dated November 3, 1868.

IMPROVED MUSIC-STOOL ANI) RACK.

The Schedule referred no in these Letters Patent .and making part f thesame.

To all lwhom it may concern :v

Be it known that I, A. N. TOWNE, of Chicago,-v in the county of Cook, and in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Music-Stool and Rack combined, and do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specijfication, in which is shown a perspective view of my improvement.

The nature,- ofv my invention consists in combining two heretofore separate articles of furniture, for the purpose of .securing greater conVenienceLand also to economize room and lessen their cost, as will be fully described below.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a rack or receptacle for sheet or other music, consisting of a box, venclosed upon all sides except one, and provided inits interior, near theY bottom, with a shelf, B, extending upwards, from which to the top are three or more partitions, C, which furnish a suitable support for musicbooks, While sheetfmusic may be placedbeneath the shelf` B.

vUponv the top of the rack A, is a seat, D, which rev olves upon a' screw-spindle working in a nut secured to the top of said lack, allowing the seat to be raised or lowered in the ordinary manner. Casters or feet.-

may be added to the bottom of the rack, as desired.

The object of this invention being to secure greater' strength, durability, and cheapness, as well as space, by substituting a music-rack in ,place ofthe legs of a stool, I do not confine myself to the particular arrange* ment and construction described, as it will readily be seenfthat many and various forms can be given to the article, without departingfrom the spirit of said invention, and I claim the right to modify or change any of the details, so long as the result produced is substantially the same.

-Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my improvement,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

The arrangement of the seat D, in combination with the `base or music-rack A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 28th day of August, 1868.

A. N. TOWNE. Witnesses:

JNO. W. HAYES, S. Mnnmr'r ALLEN. 

